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WATERBURY — Kerwin Prince is alive, and well, and he still has a future in basketball. About one week ago, all of that was in doubt. The Crosby High senior star who led the NVL in scoring last season and was recipient of the 2019 Lt. John Cullinan Award for sportsmanship, collapsed recently during an …

Detroit Free Press (TNS) Welcomed back by a bunch of television cameras and a well-represented Japanese media contingent, Detroit’s favorite scapegoat returned to Comerica Park on Tuesday afternoon with still a full head of hair, a couple of witty cracks and no regrets. In fact, Brad Ausmus said, you can keep directing your frustrations over …

Kentucky Derby winner Country House will not run in the Preakness. Assistant trainer Riley Mott confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the long shot winner of horse racing’s biggest event is no longer being considered for the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Country House was elevated to the winner’s circle at the …

A year ago at the Travelers Championship, there was murmuring that the tournament field in 2019 might lack the star power of recent summers because the U.S. Open was being played at Pebble Beach, Calif. The theory was that the top golfers wouldn’t want to make the coast-to-coast trek to Connecticut on the heels of …

There’s a P-word on players’ and coaches lips this playoffs, and it has nothing to do with getting pucks in deep. “Parity in the league, it’s insanely tight,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. This has been the postseason of parity with all four division champions gone and the potential that the seventh- and eighth-seeded teams …

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: A CUBBIN’ DRUBBIN’ Javier Baez and the Cubs look to finish off a three-game sweep of the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. After a 2-7 start that had some fans wondering what was wrong with the Cubbies, a win over St. Louis would put them in the …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Maximum Security co-owner Gary West criticized race stewards’ disqualification of his horse’s Kentucky Derby victory as “egregious” and said he was pondering his next step, including a possible appeal. “I think this is the most egregious disqualification in the history of horse racing, and not just because it’s our horse,” West told …

PROSPECT — You were there. You saw it. You remember. You were an eyewitness to history 50 years ago. No, not that guy on the moon. That was only one small step for mankind. These guys, the New York Mets, took one giant leap for mankind – and baseball. We are a half-century removed from baseball’s …